ARTHRITIS RESOURCES

RehabMatters has identified several areas of useful resources on arthritis. Just click on the particular resource that you are interested in.

Arthritis Research Council (arc). The arc website is for anyone who wishes to know more about arthritis, the charity and how to help find the cure.  Arthritis causes long term health problems for more than one in seven adults and many thousands of children. arc is the only UK charity wholly dedicated to curing it.

http://www.arc.org.uk

BBC Health. This website, adapted from the BBC's Arthritis Guide booklet and written by Simon Crompton, gives general advice but puts the emphasis on pointing you in the right direction to help yourself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/arthritis/

Arthritis Foundation. The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research.

http://www.arthritis.org/

The KNEEguru website. This website is a resource for patients who want to know more about their own knees - knee problems, knee surgery, knee arthritis and knee rehabilitation.

http://www.kneeguru.co.uk

http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk

Arthritis Research & Therapy is an online and print journal covering all aspects of basic and clinical research relevant to arthritis. Research articles are free.

http://arthritis-research.com

Arthritis National Research Foundation is an American society that funds promising young scientists at the beginning of their research careers to pursue cutting-edge projects for the treatment and cure of arthritis and its related diseases.

http://www.curearthritis.org/

Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) is a nonprofit, scientific organisation promoting and encouraging fundamental and applied research to permit a better knowledge of osteoarthritis and its treatment.

http://www.oarsi.org